NYC-via-Seoul artist yaeji dropped her new song “drink i’m sippin' on” on October 2, and it’s already putting up numbers. The song’s music video is nearing one million views in less than two weeks, thanks in part to her backing by 88rising, the promotional company that also has a hand in the careers of Asian artists like Rich Chigga, Keith Ape, and Higher Brothers. yaeji looks poised to be its next success story, and she linked up with Genius to explain how her new song came together during her commute.

“A lot of the moments how the ideas come for me is during my commutes. It’s just a moment where I can meditate and just have a moment of introspection,” she explains. “I take notes on my iPhone. I have an app on my phone that lets me make simple loops and sequences, drums and synths. I come up with the very basic stripped down ideas through that and maybe make some voice recordings that I think would go on top of it. I think there was a week or maybe a couple of weeks, a stretch of time where I think I was just really fixated on how I feel I’m being misunderstood by everyone around me, even the closet people.”

Yaeji recently sat down with Genius for the latest episode of Verified and broke down her new track. Watch her go line-for-line with “drink i’m sippin on” in the video above, then check out past episodes below.